5 Security Tokens You Should Know

Among the tokenized securities currently in existence, here are 5 interesting ones you should know about.

BCap (Blockchain Capital)

Blockchain Capitalwas arguably the first company to offer a security token. Itstoken salewas conducted in the most regulated fashion and set the pace for other security tokens to follow. Only accredited investors were allowed to participate in the token sale, and the hard cap was hit in 6 hours.

Blockchain Capital is a venture capital firm investing in blockchain technology companies. The fund was launched in 2013 and has madeseveral investmentssince then. The ICO was conducted in April 2017 and raised $10 million.

Blockchain Capital was co-founded byBart Stephens,Bradford Stephens, andBrock Pierce. Bart and Bradford Stephens function as managing partners in the fund. The BCAP tokens grants holders a portion of all the profits earned by the fund, only deducting a management fee of 2.5% (based on total asset managed) and a performance fee of 25% (based on returns).

22X Fund

22X Fundis a tokenized fund put together by a group of entrepreneurs to invest in the startup companies of the 22nd batch of500 Startups. The fund holds between 2.5% and 10% equity in the companies it invests in.

Token holders receive returns on investment by trading the tokens (at an increased price) and also receive proceeds from liquidity events, such as an investment exit or an IPO. The ICO took place in March 2018, with a token priced at $1.

Slice

Sliceis a commercial real estate platform that brings investment in US real estate to international investors. Slice is designed to function as underwriter, issuer, and placement agent for the real estate properties on their platform. Slice offers fractional ownership in US commercial real estate, which means investors own shares of real estate properties through their tokens. The minimum investment, however, is $10,000.

Investors get to go through the KYC/AML process during registration. When that is done, their account can be funded. Real estate properties can be purchased with the funds, which provides liquidity for the real estate market. Each asset token represents full legal rights in the participating unit of the asset. Each purchase comes with the official certificate and token representing the investment.

Dividends are paid in tokens quarterly, based on the rental income generated from the property. Also, the token value increases as the value of the commercial real estate increases. The tokens can be traded on the Slice platform or on security token exchanges. The company is led by the CEO,Ari Shpanya.

The platform is yet to launch and is expected to have a security token offering in the near future.

SPiCE VC

SPiCE is arguably the first tokenized VC fund. It is a fund model that offers immediate liquidity for venture capital investments, which traditionally takes 7 to 10 years. The SPiCE token is a tradable asset, as well as being a piece of the investment made by the VC fund.

SPiCE has its ICO from February 1 to March 3, 2018. A total of 130 million SPiCE tokens were created, 85% of which were offered to the public. The tokens can now betraded on OpenFinance Network, (although US investors have to wait a year before trading theirs.

Siafunds

Siais a blockchain-based decentralized cloud storage platform. Sia allows the renting out of spare storage capacity by any individual or organization. The Sia project has 2 tokens for its platform. The first is the utility token known asSiacoin, which is the token that is used to rent storage capacity on the network, used by both the renters and the hosts.

Siafundis a separate token generated at the launch of the Sia platform in 2015. There are a total of 10,000 Siafund tokens. All the tokens were initially held by the Sia parent company,Nebulous, and members of the Sia community. However, some of the tokens have now been sold to qualified investors (from Nebulous) through a Tokenized Securities Offering (TSO).

Siafund has no utility value and hence is classified as a security token. It is currently only traded through theBisq exchange.

The security tokens trend has had (and will continue to do so) an enormous impact on the blockchain industry. In fact, several blockchain enthusiasts are of the opinion that stocks, bonds, and all other traditional financial securities will eventually be tokenized. While that sounds like a pipe dream at the moment, this aspect of the industry is already building up. As this article shows, there are already many existing security tokens, and there aremuch moreon the horizon.

As regulations by government agencies get clearer, more security tokens are expected to spring up, especially in 2019 and the following 2 years